Automobile bus



Mag'ch 24, 1931. CERNUDA 1,798,911

AUTOMOBILE BUS Filed April 22, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet l Q t BY W A if? AFTORNE."

WITNES$%9 Mamh 3931- A. CERNUDA 1,798,011

AUTOMOBILE BUS Filed April 22, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 NNNNNN OR March 24, 1931.

JIM" Mm WITNESQW A. CERNUDA AUTOMOBILE BUS Filed April 22, 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1931 I I v I i jgs lili UNIT-ED ATES/mien FFICE.

An'romo CERNUDA, or MONROE, NEW YORK I Anromonmn ans Application filed lm-i122; 1929, Serial No, 357,198.

This invention relates to improvements in Figure 4 is a longitudinal horizontal sec- I automobile busses in which a plurality of tional view on the line H of Figure .3. I decks or floors are providedior passenger Figure 5is ailongitudinal horizontal sec- 7 a carrying purposes. v tional View on the line .55 of Figure 3; 5" The primary object of the invention is to Figure 6 is a transverse vertical section increase the inner carrying capacity of auto taken on the lined-6 of Figure 3. Y busses without materially enlarging the ex- Figure 7 is a rear elevational view. ternal dimensions thereof, since it will be ap- Referring particularly to the drawings by preciated that while very large busses have reference characters, the numeral 10 desig- 10 been constructed, in an endeavor to meet nates my improved busin'its entirety, which 60 growing demands, the seating accommoda-,- includes a body. 11. having parallel side walls tion of these vehicles has been limited. 12', a base fioor .or deck l3, a'nd a top Wall or As it isnecessary that the exterior dimenroof 14. The forward part 1 5of the body sions of bussesbe such as to enable the-same contains a motor which delivers power to the J 15 .to be'housed in ordinarygara-ges, when not rear or drive wheels 16 by'a; drive shaft '17,

inuse, and to negotiate bridges and underwhile the control means,-including a steer- 7 passes with restricted headway on intercity ing Wheel 18, are located in thedrivers comand other highways, anotherimportant obpartment 19, which is provi'ded with a door 'ject of the invention s toposition a air of 20. v 29 passenger carrying decks within a us of The deck 13 carries? thereon double seats about ordinary height. which, in the preferred embodiment .of the A further object of the invention is the invention, are arranged in longitudinal and provision of seating means in a vehicle in transverse rows, each outer seat ofthe latter which-passengers using the same in a, sitting rows: having. adjacent the same an entrance 25 position may be accommodated in a standing door 26,- in which is slidably mounted a panel position within the vehicle adjacent the seats of glass or other transparency 27. In order to before entering and after leaving the latter. minimize the total height of the bus, this v A still further object of the invention is to deck 13 is disposed on a plane below the axis provide a buswith atop tier of seats which of the wheels, which also gives the body a. 3 may be entered by passengers standing in'an low centerof-gravity to increase its stabil-. P I aisle adjacent the seats, and with a, lower tier ity. A baggage space 28 is provided on said of seats adjacent which standin facilities are deck between the two rearmost transverse available on the usual groun surface outrows of seats 25, this space beingreached, as side of the bus for passengers entering or is the row of seats therebehind, byway of 35 leaving the same. p either of the-rearmost side doors 26. 85

With these and other objects in view, the Approximately supported at its outer invention resides in certain novel construcedges, intermediate the top 14 and floor 13, tion and. combination and ,arran ment of I provide an upper deck 29, the inner'edges parts, the essential featuresofwhic are here- 30 of which, spaced apart forward of the rear inafter fully described,. are particularly edge 31, are supported by spaced vertical pointed out in the appended claim, and are ilwalls 32, which risejrom said floor 13. This lustrated in the accompanying drawing, in upper deck also carries rows of double seats which 3 33, which may be like the seats 25 of the Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imlower deck, while each transverse row has at N 45 proved auto bus.- r v eachendthereofawindow34. Topand lower Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional erwindows orthe like and 36 are alsd'p'ro specti-ve view showing the arrangement'o the vided in the en wall 38. Supported between seating means and-internal construction. the walls32$ below the plane of the deck29, Figure 3 is aside elevational view, partly is a floor 39 which, connecting with steps 40 mo broken away and in section.- adjacent the front door i1, renders theseats I above the auxiliary, deck 39, affords normal s walking space for passengers usin' said seats,

or for conductors or other bus 0 cials. The seating means are of course; directly accessible from the ground or highway.

With an overall bus height of a out ten and a half feet there s ample sitting room for persons using the tiers 0 seats 33 and 25 .in the top and lower compartments between may be had only from the exterior of the body by way of the a propriate door, a forward continuationo the body including a drivers seat occupying only a part of the width of the body, ascendin steps in said forward continuation alongsi e said drivers seat, said forward continuation having openings at opposite sides thereof (one for access from the exterior ofvthe body to sai drivers seat and the other for giving access from the exterior of the body to said steps,

a second intermediate plane floorv wall at a level between the main floor walL and the first-mentioned intermediate floor wall and extending within the space between said inv the respective main decks and top wall 14, termediate side walls and from said steps to a while there is at the same time suflicient space above theauxiliary .deokfor walking puroses; and as the minimum clearance beneath x 20 ridges or the like'is generally about twelve feet, itfollows that this compact and improved vehicle with increased carrying ca; pacity may safely travel, evenat high speed,

sions each extendin 'toa ofthebody' when passing such'bridges: or obstructions.

The front transare'nt structure 43, which is inclinedrearwardly at the top, afiords'good' visibility, the top front part 44 of the roof 14, as-wellas the doo 20, 41 and front part 15 of the bod are a so favorably inclined or streamline .to reduce head resistance, when l travelling at ahi h rate of speed,and to give, the bus'an attra 'veappearanoe.

said intermediate end wall, and seats on the rst-mentioned intermediate floor wall to constitutethe space above the last mentioned wall a second U-shaped passenger seatingcompartment, aforesaid main fl0or,r0of and intermediate floor walls being arranged at such vertical spacings that each of said passenger seating compartments is of insufiicient height to lpermit a'n-adult passengerto stand upri t therein. c

n testimonyswhereof, I hereby aflix my signature.

' ANTONIO CERNUDAL WhileI have described what I deem to-be the mostdesirable embodiment of my invention 'it is obvious that-many of the details may-be varied without inany lway de arting from'thespirit of my invention, and there- I fore -do not limit'myself to the exact details of construction .herein set forth nor to'any- 4 thing less than the whole of;my invention Y limited only by the appended claim.

'What is claimed as new 15:-

In a bus body the combination bf outer side walls, a zoo "wall, a main floor wall, a 1 rear wall, a plane intermediate floor wall ata level substantiallyhalf way between said' the way acrom the body and side su point near the front saidsu "vis1 n'extendin 18% all ,inwardlyjof the 2% fizfi have ,tfieirinne to a f h.

an equa'yonopposi sieso tev longitudinal centerline of the body, auxiliary intermediate side and end-walls cpmseats insaidcom artment am bining shaped lower passenger seating com' artment in the space below said U-sha oor,- in rows. transverse to the sub-- .roof 'andfloor wallsfsaid intermediate floor 'wall being'substantially I u-shaped in plan I and havin' :a rear subdivision extendiltil'giall from-Sci on r with said side walls, said main floor I walland said rear wallto a -U- d7, individu y open'able doors intheouter si e-walls opposite each of said seats whereby acce'ss to any of said seats 

